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Nighthawk X6 R8000 ping spikes and DNS problems
I bought a Nighthawk X6 R8000 router (Firmware Version V1.0.4.76_10.1.82) for my domestic use. I've a raspberry PI, a NAS (with 2 ethernet connections), and a smart tv connected to the LAN and tw...
By revert back you mean return the router?
What I had before was the stock router from my ISP which is...well....not that good.
I bought this router on a solid deal, my options now are troubleshoting these issues, return the router and roll the dices again on a new one or wait for a fix from NETGEAR (assuming it's indeed a FW problem and not an HW problem).
No, revert back FW version to what had been working before you updated the FW.
I updated the FW first thing when I unboxed. Rookie mistake, I know, but I never used NG so I assumed the latest was the best version.
Is there a reliable source where I can find the optimal FW version for each router?
IF it was new and out of the box, you can go back to first version of FW:
https://www.netgear.com/support/
Input the router model and you'll find all fw versions listed.
Maybe I was unclear. The problem is not finding a nice and tidy list of all possible firmwares for my model.
The problems are to (1) enstabilish that this is a FW problem and not an HW problem, and in that case (2) find the FW which (i) solves all my problems and (ii) doesn't introduce new problems and (iii) it doesn't have security holes (it's still an outdated FW).
As for (1) my hope was that giving enough details of my problem and my configuration someone could recognise the problem as a common one or spot come criticities in my configuration or suggest some targeted tests.
As for (2) ideally I'd like to know the most stable version of the FW that people generally use with the least complains/issues. If this is known.
Hope this clears things up.